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Covid, inflation and immigration crackdowns in the anglophone ‘big four’ have fuelled speculation that Asian students will switch to cheaper, safer and friendlier options closer to home. But are we really about to see a major redrawing of student migration routes? Tash Mosheim and Paul Jump report

Researchers track how rising demand from international students has increased domestic enrolments and job creation

International student demand in ߣߣÊÓƵ rising in teaching, health and science and declining in business, new figures show

Institutions named by the Punjab government rule themselves out, as experts question the viability of foreign expansion into the country 

Institution at the heart of Donald Trump’s attacks on higher education tops global â€˜soft power’ index

Chinese Communist Party control of joint ventures potentially violating UK equality and free speech laws, warns thinktank

Focus on educating locals, education minister says, as international enrolments creep over half on some campuses

Company offers universities way into transnational education push with plans to create university hub near Delhi

Course completion rate restrictions seen as way to tackle issue as peers mull whether new law is needed to stop student claimants

Schools coming under ‘intense pressure’ to enrol students as universities become ever more reliant on cross-subsidy

The needs of students and their homelands – not their hosts – should govern international education offerings, policymakers told

Alignment between study and work improving, particularly in health and education

Institution latest to increase transnational presence by expanding long-running partnership with local provider

Anglophone destinations no longer rule the roost, but experts say composition and quality should matter more than volume

Potential language reforms part of a bigger ‘social licence’ project, assistant minister tells conference

Government ‘will not back off’ from managing size and shape of onshore international enrolments, assistant minister warns

Most prospective students have at least three countries in the frame, survey finds

Six-month cut in amount of time people can stay post-study has been fiercely opposed by universities

ߣߣÊÓƵn enrolments from eighth most populous country quadruple but some institutions in UK suspending â€˜high risk’ ties

Proposal could help international students assimilate better into society but low pay and potential for abuse need to be addressed, say experts

Regulators should consider insisting that branch campuses offer scholarships to avoid â€˜two-tier’ system, say experts

Transnational education mandate added to resurrected integrity proposals that also include power to suspend applications for new courses

‘Institutionalised’ targeting of universities has compromised academic freedom but remains ‘taboo’ subject on campuses, says intelligence expert

Institutions must find new ways to respond to the agendas of the communities where they operate, leaders tell summit

UK bounces back in crucial month for enrolments, with policy uncertainty elsewhere helping fuel first rise in 12-month figures for nearly two years

Lancaster and Surrey latest to gain approval to set up Indian bases, with prime minister lauding £50 million boost to economy

Number of students studying UK courses abroad set to hit 1 million before end of the decade

Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income

UK offers reassuring familiarity for Charles Darwin’s TNE ‘push’ but vice-chancellor says its MBA courses will be unlike anything already available

Nation’s high research quality score is in spite of second-lowest share of internationally co-authored papers  

Are we on the brink of a reshaping of global higher education, asks Ellie Bothwell

Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Specht

Universities have turned to offshore educational pacts amid a global crackdown on international students, but critics say they require conditions that would never be tolerated at home

Fifteen universities and two significant source countries move up the ladder, but China bucks the trend

City told to resist ‘mainlandisation’ amid fears that expansion is placing growing strain on staff and resources

WhatsApp a winner, ‘mystery shopping’ study reveals, as universities ‘sharpen their interactions’ with would-be students

Possibility of even slower visa processing ranks among the factors fuelling ‘pessimism’ about ߣߣÊÓƵn university finances

Overseas students offer their judgement: excellent education, increasingly affordable, warm people – but out of the way and lacking work experience opportunities

New six-figure fee for visa long relied on by Indian nationals changes conversation about study destinations, say experts

International education lobby group warns against course and policy redesign based around local employability of foreign graduates

Cost to UK economy of £1.8 billion a year once ‘gross value added’ by international students factored in, new analysis shows

The flexibility and insightful observation that cultural ‘outsiders’ are forced to develop confers several advantages for academics, says Adrian Furnham

New modelling estimates that controversial proposals could wipe about £2.2 billion from the UK economy in just five years

Removing fees not enough to make system accessible to talented would-be applicants, says research group

Forcing doctoral students to extend their visas after four years could lead them to look elsewhere, experts warn

Demographic and political headwinds are threatening the future of many colleges. But, done right, online education can be their saviour, says Sumit Karn

Decline in perceptions of both the UK and US as welcoming destinations, but UK remains most attractive 

Revived focus on Chinese TNE as wave of joint institutes approved could be hampered by changing student behaviour and stricter regulations

Experts said the idea that all universities will pass the proposed levy on international tuition fees on to students is a ‘fantasy’

Entry scores for overseas students increasingly disparate, as immigration authorities approve more tests

From stealing ornamental fish to spraying car parts in the shower, domestic students make security staff earn their meagre wages, says George Bass

Financial and reputational benefits on offer for three UK institutions approved under new private university legislation

Critics warn of risks to diversity, integration and academic balance as more institutions attempt to cater to Chinese students

Signs of ‘slow recovery’ for international student recruitment as demand for study visas rises 

Association would have ‘a multiplier effect on research resources and scientific effort’, advocates say

Plunging international student retention rates are exacerbating the financial pain for ߣߣÊÓƵn universities

Some ‘scholarships’ advertised by UK universities contingent on grades or ‘ambassadorial duties’, with others applied automatically to all

Financial strains and the emergence of digital testing have led to concerns that anglophone universities are admitting students whose English is not good enough to allow them to succeed. But are tests really becoming less rigorous – or are universities setting pass rates that are too low? Helen Packer reports 

Intervention by sector leader comes amid concern about growth in master’s by research degrees following dependants ban for other courses

Big cities outside London ‘do not pull their weight’ in the innovation economy, warns Centre for Cities report